Stephen Frystephenfry 600 people went to the theatre, not to to see Oliver but to compete in a paper & chocolate wrapper rustling competition.Others came to cough
Jay Hathawaystrutting Ever have one of those days where the fake band you make up to impress girls already exists? I give you: HARDVARK. http://tr.im/duji
Jay Hathawaystrutting I don't think we've met. Maybe you recognize me from my band? HARDVARK?
Tim Siedellbadbanana On the bright side, the U.S. economy can fit into those old jeans again.
D. Mahaffeywordshepherd In a hilarious prank on the incoming president, all the 0s are missing from the country's GDP.
Aimee BrockAimee_B_Loved Dad: "So, what do they teach in memory class?" Gramma: "Lots of things. Associative... associative something. I don't really remember."
Shandon Fowleressdogg We've now been in our house for a week and love it. I'm going to cherish every moment between now and foreclosure.
Dalton Rooneyrobot_operator I'm the one who always has a witty comeback an hour too late. Twitter is like a dream come true for people like me.
Ben Comptonbcompton The most recent resume I can find is from 2006. To fill in the unemployed periods I'm going with "minor time machine mishap."
Jason Sweeneysween 1) Watch women walking ahead of me slip on ice. 2) Mentally write tweet about her slipping. 3) Slip on ice. 4) Mentally rewrite tweet.
Theresazolora Plucked one eyebrow, but am too lazy to pluck other one. Instead I shall live out the rest of my life looking suspiciously intrigued.
nictate husseinnictate Upside of the economic crisis: My sympathy for homeless people has been replaced with envy of their headstart in street survival skills.
B^2weirdsmobile Reading 1996 issue of Gourmet. Pre-Bush Administration magazines make me sad. The Mussels in Romesco Sauce look so innocent...so carefree.
Katie Johnstonkatefeetie I can't be expected to make serious, life-altering decisions. Do they know how many tweets I've typed, retyped and then not sent? Do they?
Remiel Classic™Remiel I'm proactively rewarding myself in advance for not procrastinating later by taking a nap right now.
Tim Siedellbadbanana I'm looking forward to complaining about summer weather.
Jerilyn PoolAuntMarvel THE BABY JUST CALLED ME MAMA! I think. Maybe.
Abby T. Millerkrabigail @emmyinabox MOM STOP EMBARASSING ME IN FRONT OF MY INTERNET FRIENDS
baileybaileygenine is there a way i can check my text messages online? my phone is waayy over there..fine, i'll get up.
Ryansecretsquirrel "Is that your 2000th tweet?" she says flirtatiously. "Yes," he muses, swirling his brandy. "I had it framed and... mounted." *BOWCHICKAWOOW*
Confounded brunettemelodik GUESS WHO inadvertently bought carbonated H2O? Then GUESS WHO went to open the shaken bottle in the MIDDLE OF CLASS?
Moby ChickendogBigBraveBeagle Arooo! Arooorooroorooroo! Bowoooowooowooooooow! Wooooooowooowoo! Woof! Woof! Woof....... woof. Harumpf.
John MoltzMoltz @lonelysandwich I was *so* not into things before not being into things was a thing.
Darth Vaderdarthvader The bad news is we had to let go of about 8,000 clone troopers today. The good news is it really only counts as 1.
Michele abigvictory "I taught the dog a new trick! Watch this!" He points at dog and says "Look cute!" I want to roll my eyes but damn, that dog IS cute.
alinaalinasmith You know what's tough? Times. Times are tough.
lain brainsrslainey making a list of my nemisises. nemesi. nemisus. ENEMIES!
Paula Poundstonepaulapoundstone I just ate about a hundred Wheat Thins, and I'm not any thinner at all. These things don't work.
pheendpheend Dear Satan, Can I sell my soul in exchange for you making Rush Limbaugh go away? Disregard if you're one and the same. Let me know. pheend
BrianA_Brianstorm The Chinese might be beating us in the "economy" game these days, but they are WAY behind us with the whole New Year thing.
Jerilyn PoolAuntMarvel Husband wound up in the ER with chest pain. I was almost done planning my match.com profile when we learned it was just a strained muscle.
Henry Birdseyetehawesome I listen to music to relax while I work, only the music just distracts me so much that I stop working altogether. Which is relaxing.
Josh Glessnerglessner My boss didn't like that I put his new article in a pile labeled "Things That Will Be Irrelevant By The Time I Get Around To Reading Them."
Tappy McGeeTBMimsTheThird I currently have four Microsoft Office products open on my Mac. I forget. Does that mean locust plague or rain of frogs?
Jason LogueCranberryPerson When he asked about the middle finger, his mom said "you should never do that." "At least until you are driving," I felt compelled to add.
Tappy McGeeTBMimsTheThird Cutest kid ever after Mom dropped keys: "Oh, emmer effer." It's why I didn't get boys. Civilization's decline doesn't need encouragement.
StephanieCcSteff If you were old enough to wear it the first time it was popular, you're too old to wear it the second time around.
two name jenkinstwoname My mouth tastes like what I would imagine the Internet tastes like.
Jeffrey Zeldmanzeldman If New York gets any colder, I'll have foreign policy experience.
baileybaileygenine WHOOO TOTALLY CRAZY SATURDAY NIGHT!!!! unrelated: what i'm doing.
Michele abigvictory Not getting any sick sympathy at home, so I come to twitter for fake concern. I HAVE THE PLAGUE, PEOPLE.
Theo Juxtabletj Wondered why I was feeling all out-of-sorts. Then realized I haven't had any chocolate cake today. It's like I've lost touch with who I am.
Geoff Barnestexburgher People who think this wine bar is snooty wouldn't know a Chateau Lagrange bordeaux from a Gli Occhi Blu Di Sabrina.
baileybaileygenine Thanks twitter for making me miss my train stop. At 1230. Alone. At balboa park. Related: pepperspray.
kayhankayhan Me: "Besides, I star lots of your tweets. You haven't starred one of mine in days." Wife: "I star your funny ones."
leftbrainstupidleftbrainstupid Dear Homeless: I appreciate your heartfelt “God bless you” in exchange for my dollar, but the way I’m going “God help us” might work better....
alinaalinasmith Ooh do you hear that? It's the sound of the economy crushing a few of my coworkers.
Kim G.kimproper Friend: "I just slipped on some ice and took a nose dive." Me: "OMG is your iPh-- ARE YOU OKAY?!"
Tim Siedellbadbanana Some of the inaugural music was pre-recorded? Makes me wonder if Aretha Franklin's hat was CGI.
Richard Smallbonersmallbone Me: "♫Papa was a rolling stoooooone...♫" 5yr-old: "Do you know everyone in the family hates your singing?"
Justine Kilkerrsniffyjenkins It was a big decision, and one I didn't make lightly, but I've decided to unfollow today's to-do list.
Jeffrey Zeldmanzeldman SM=Social Media? Oh, man, did I wear the wrong gear to this party.
Chris Aucuttswamibooba What if a guy is joking around with a pregnancy test and it turns positive? I'm asking for a friend.
J. Adam MooreDieLaughing I'm trying to compose a list of First World Problems but I can't decide what font to use.
Neven Mrgannevenmrgan Obama is going to wear out that big Undo button on his desk.
Melissa Gira Grantmelissagira Today I'm 31. That's like 80 in Facebook years.
Alexafishwick playing some serious Monopoly with the gf. i keep staring at her community chest
Joe Rhodesearlkabong Having finally run out of excuses, I have decided it is way past time to invent some new ones. Is brain gout a thing? Yeah, I have that.
Joe Schmitt
joeschmitt Where's my 35 hour work week & 2 months off? McCain promised if Obama was elected, we'd get French socialism. I want my French socialism!
aimee n.
LILWAYNESWORLD ... are we just going to pretend like aretha franklin's hat didn't happen?
Scott Simpson
scottsimpson We are cooler than Canada again. The natural order of the universe has been restored.
Joe Schmidt
joeschmidt Just think how different today might have been had that Al-Qaeda pretzel succeeded in it's mission 7 years ago.
Victoria Marinelli
vmarinelli Watching footage of George W. Bush's helicopter disappearing into the sky. Thought "Thank God. The invasion is over."
Ryan
secretsquirrel First thing I'd do if I was Obama? Change all the damn locks.
Roman Loyola
pinatubo2000 Son is in a time out, wailing, "I want my light saber." I think that's how Anakin Skywalker started down the path to the dark side
Ryan
secretsquirrel Historians would later note that reactions were 'mixed' when Obama's first Presidential act was to 'declare a jihad on the economy'.
Stephanie
CcSteff Wore the same socks two days in a row. In my defense, change comes *tomorrow.*
rands
rands Every time you say "blah blah blah", a creative writing teacher dies.
Joe Schmitt
joeschmitt What time is it in Australia? Has Obama been inaugurated yet?
Tim Siedell
badbanana Warren Buffett says we're in an "economic Pearl Harbor." Which is really scary because that movie sucked.
Ben Compton
bcompton These are my hiking shoes. I bought them when I still had to pretend to my future wife that I liked the things that she liked. Like hiking.
johnroderick
johnroderick Don't think of it that I'm not interested in marriage, but that I'm saving us both the expense of a protracted divorce three years from now.
Clayton Hove
adtothebone Just bought a watch on sale that's water resistant to 100m, so if I ever find myself down that deep, I'll know what time I died.
Trelvix
trelvix I have little interest in universal secrets or cloistered notions of God. I would welcome insight to "Chicken In A Biscuit" crackers though.
delfie
delfie As I consider substituting gummy bears for dried aprictots in a recipe, it occurs to me that I will probably never become a celebrity chef.
Alison Agosti
Just_Alison In an attempt to appear more aloof and mysterious, I will no longer be answering emails, text messages or phone calls. Carrier pigeons ONLY.
Jason Sweeney
sween Yesterday, the bathroom sink was clogged. Today, the bathroom sink is unclogged. Proving once again: procrastination solves everything.
NikolHasler
NikolHasler I just found a leg hair that is longer than my head hair. Is this called "Letting yourself go"?
Tim Siedell
badbanana I think I got -3 hours of sleep last night.
Victoria Marinelli
vmarinelli My littlest girl turns nine in a few weeks. I fear my days of her permitting me to call her "Pork Chop" are numbered.
Jamie Martin
livejamie A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. I'm currently sitting at my work station
Brent Spiner
BrentSpiner My brain has dried up for now. I'll be back later after I moisten it.
crispycracka
crispycracka If there's anything you want to know just ask. Unless it's creepy. Actually- ask me anyway, so I know you're creepy.
Scott Simpson
scottsimpson Don't you hate it when you walk into a room and can't remember what you're doing with your life?
two name jenkins
twoname STILL GET FREAKED OUT WHEN THE AUSTRALIANS TWEET FROM THE FUTURE
Ben Compton
bcompton I ran over a bird today on accident and felt really bad until I remembered about that plane crash. Then I felt RIGHTEOUS.
cockerham
cockerham I was really impressed by Bush's farewell speech. He should have delivered that YEARS ago.
Remiel Classic™
Remiel All my multimedia gadgets are failing me at once. I feel like a conductor whose entire orchestra has been replaced with kazoos.
antichrista
antichrista In college, you're committed to changing the world. Several years later, you find yourself posting photos of your cat on the internet.
Rainy Day
practicalwitch Oh puh-leez, you make one crack about going to hell and you lose followers? It's not like I was going to take you guys *with* me!
hoosiergirl
hoosiergirl My kid has 2 cavities & it's from chewy food like skittles, tootsie rolls, bubblegum & raisins. Don't look at me - I never give him raisins.
Tim Siedell
badbanana Bush is so not getting his damage deposit back.
Annie
shoesonwrong If there is a truer happiness than making teenagers feel uncomfortable by hovering near them in the condom aisle, I sure haven't found it.
John Moltz
Moltz The mob still holds the record for the number of bodies put into the Hudson.
Jason Kottke
jkottke When does America's "WAR ON GEESE" begin? We've been attacked!
Tim Siedell
badbanana Surviving a plane crash is one thing. Surviving exposure to the Hudson River is entirely another.
John Moltz
Moltz Fox now reporting that the geese simply slipped on life vests and disappeared into the crowd. Wild goose chase now underway.
Janis Krums
jkrums http://twitpic.com/135xa - There's a plane in the Hudson. I'm on the ferry going to pick up the people. Crazy.
Jay Hathaway
strutting I think a bathroom stall talker is a damn sight better than a bathroom tall stalker, though, @paige.
Detweiler, Brian
detweiler About to do one of those things that seems like a good idea at the time.
Adam Lisagor
lonelysandwich Changed a tire in 31 minutes flat. Beat that, average 4th grader.
superfantastic
superfantastic Handbook says "Dress not for the job you have, but for where you want to be." Funny, I wouldn't have thought they'd want me wearing pajamas.
John Gruber
gruber There's a high correlation between those people saying today that Apple is doomed and those who've been saying the same thing for 20 years.
Tim Siedell
badbanana Thanks to Facebook, I'm back in touch with people I lost touch with over the years because I didn't want to stay in touch.
Ryan
secretsquirrel Okay, seriously: we need a totally different internet for moms to hang out on.
Adam Isacson
adamisacson Not looking forward to America entering a period of decline. Although, If 60s/70s Britain is any guide, the music is going to be terrific.
Karen Moltz
mrsmoltz Holy cannoli, I'm playing Monopoly with my 5-year-old and he is killing me. He has HOTELS. Preschoolers should not have HOTELS.
Felicia Day
feliciaday Phone rang, almost picked it up: Caller ID sez DENTIST! Dodged a bullet there!
Tony Delgrosso
Tony_D I can't believe there are actually people on the Internet who disagree with my opinions about things.
God
god Sorry for the silence, had to reboot and my computer is really big.
Holden Helena
sflovestory I'd like Apple to come out with iQuit. iWork is depressing.
Josh Hopkins
thedayhascome If you're ever sent to prison, the lack of tattoos and constant sobbing will give you away, so just try to look tough and mention twitter.
Nick Douglas
nick After too much Twitter, I talk as if I have a very small character limit. It's been six months and none of my friends want to correct me.
Queen Lindstifa
lindstifa Called somebody on their home phone tonight. I repeat: on their *home* phone.
Nick Douglas
nick Many bloggers and writers hate Twitter because it's boring. Just like I hate basketballs because they never go into the hoop.
Mike
lefauxfrog Finally perfected the "throw dirty socks on cat so he gets annoyed and runs to washing machine before shaking them off" manuever.
Nick Douglas
nick Most men lead lives of quiet desperation. I wish, sir, that you would too.
hoosiergirl
hoosiergirl Just realized tomorrow's minor surgery involves me passed out and naked from the waist down. God, how I'd hoped those days were behind me.
A. Shankle-Knowlton
EntropyAS My car has had so many repairs this month that you'd think that it was American-made.
Vincent Hookstra
dailylark @laineyjangles Your cat is called "Dailylark"? Sinister. Nomen est omen - could you not have called him "Weeklymouse"?
Karl Gunnarsson
Kalli Unlike Windows Vista I only come in one version: Awesome. Ultimate just doesn't do me justice.
Jason Sweeney
sween Office baby shower. 13 women and me. My clothes reek of biological clock.
Clayton Hove
adtothebone Mmmmm.... authentic chicken nachos, just like the Aztecs used to serve their prisoners before the human sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli.
John Moe
johnmoe "Well, it's not THAT cold," said my 8-year-old son in minus 19 degrees. Viking blood in his veins. He's pillaging Saxony after school today.
Maggie Steciuk
msteciuk In Windows Vista, "Check for solutions online" translates into office-speak as "I'll look into it." Both mean "you're on your own".
Jim Coudal
Coudal Hmm. If the Citicorp and MorganStanley brokerage deal goes thru will the resulting company be called Citi Morg?
nostrich
nostrich My flatmates being able to hear the crunch of missed notes on Guitar Hero from the kitchen rather undermines my excuses of "I'm busy".
Jon Deal
zuhl Why won't you just love me for the person I purport to be?
Wry Redhead
wryredhead LADY. I am HANDING you the open door, not holding it open and lingering as you sashay through.
Marie
eyemadequiet Hi Humming-To-Your-Headphones-In-The-Locker-Room-Lady, Welcome to the Tone Deaf Club! We have tshirts and generally avoid singing in public.
Joe Schmitt
joeschmitt Of course I'm not going to join your cult. I'm already in a cult. Maybe you've heard of it. It's called Twitter.
Tim Bray
timbray Twitter is a conspiracy of pedants. I feel right at home.
Amie Adams
mammaloves 4 yo just got back from 1st day of pre-school (church-based). Said they talked about Baby Cheezit.
Wry Redhead
wryredhead Mouthbreathers who follow based on perceived avatar attractiveness astound me. Guys, it's 2009. Have you seriously not found the porn yet?
Kari Edwards
kariedwards My dog was upstairs watching The View. It's times like these that make me realise it's just not working out between the two of us.
mikemorrow
mikemorrow Hey influx of new followers! I'm glad you're here. Where'd you come from? To mark tweets as read, just click that little yellow star.
Adam Isacson
adamisacson Almost 200 followers. That's 1 for every year from Christ's birth to Emperor Caracalla's reign. So. Nothing ahead but decline and Dark Ages.
John Moltz
Moltz Being forced to put Italian dressing on my Greek salad. If it had turkey on it, I think I'd have the makings of a major Mediterranean war.
Jason Sweeney
sween Oh, America. Is Bush *still* your president? Tsk tsk.
C.m. Velazquez
BrilliantOrange I love payday, because for a few days, I get to be a hundred-aire.
Rainy Day
practicalwitch Oh for the love of God, it's only 140 characters. Who the hell has writer's block for 140 characters? Um, me for one, obviously.
Anil Dash
anildash Today is my wife's birthday, the day each year when I must confront that she is both more mentally mature and younger-looking than me.
Josh Hopkins
thedayhascome Dear future fat self, I'm reminding you about your meaningless goal to "lose weight". How's it going fatty? Sincerely, Your past fat self
Joe Schmitt
joeschmitt If I may paraphrase for you: Grumble grumble grumble Monday. Something something coffee. Word word word zing!
obxlaw
obxlaw Today I discovered that if you argue with the groceries in your shopping cart the checkout line magically clears.
Michele
abigvictory When I call in sick tomorrow, should I be honest and say I have a Wiinjury, or fake something less embarrassing, like a herpes flareup?
Modat
MODAT Cleaned the blood off my car and found an eye patch in the grille.
Patrick Norton
patricknorton "just climbed on virgin, gotta go" probably not the best phrasing telling wife I'm getting on my Virgin America flight back to SFO. #CES
bailey
baileygenine morning twitter, or as i like to call you, my favorite family sitcom.
TTFKA@missamymac
frostinglickr B-bsitting for @fourformom tonight. Packing some work, a book, a movie and duct tape. LOTS and LOTS of duct tape.
Jon Deal
zuhl Wife made a New Year's resolution to "become more jaded & cynical." She's an attorney, so she can even bill it as "professional development"
Jon Deal
zuhl "Jon, I'm going to go put on my new G-string." "Hey-o! Now we're talkin'!" Realized she's talking about her violin. Violinists are NOT funny
Dan Kaplan
dankaplan Long after the rats have surrendered the sewers to a post-apocalyptic army of mutant toddlers, the legend of Greenspan will live on.
Adam Koford
apelad Wife: "You need some sort of desk organization system" Me: "I do. Piles."
John Moltz
Moltz Gum break. Chew it if you've got it.
Tim Siedell
badbanana I don't want flying cars! I don't need a car full of drunk teenagers crashing through my second floor bedroom at 2am.
John Moltz
Moltz I'm holding most of my plan to save the economy until after January 20th, but I will let you in on 4 words: vanity social security numbers.
Stephanie
CcSteff The rockin' praise band at your Six Flags Over Jesus church doesn't make your 13th century worldview progressive.
Ben Compton
bcompton My wife finally made a Facebook account, so ixnay on the acebookfay ingingsway.
Tj
tj I will pay someone $100USD to programmatically disable the "Forward" button on my mother's email accounts. Must include work and home.
Nick Douglas
nick To celebrate its purchase of the failed Washington Mutual bank, JP Morgan raised the rate on my deliquent credit card to 32%. Glad to help.
Henry Birdseye
tehawesome Look at all the typos in this wedding program! How are you two going to respect holy matrimony if you can't respect the English language?!
Josh Hopkins
thedayhascome I was never breast fed as a child which explains why I failed algebra and just ate an entire sleeve of Oreo cookies.
Jason Sweeney
sween Ever reuse a tweet in regular conversation and try to pass it off as a spontaneous remark? The laughter tastes like ashes.
Joe Schmitt
joeschmitt In the future robots will star in movies so good even the humans will cry. #wallE
hoosiergirl
hoosiergirl Ex-friend's mom isn't speaking to me. Do I say her daughter's a lying bitch with no integrity or take the high road & just say lying bitch?
Tim Siedell
badbanana I believe that children are our future. Teach them well and let them pay for the trillions in deficits we're about to rack up.
Henry Birdseye
tehawesome If you think _Nude Descending a Staircase, No.2_ was ahead of its time, you should see DuChamp's _Nude Falling Down the Stairs LOL YouTube_.
joe schmidt
joeschmidt It's fitting that the last three days of the work week are WTF.
Jay Hathaway
strutting God, I'm glad I live in an era when we don't have to watch pornography on an original pornograph, all entering the URLs by rotary dial.
Henry Birdseye
tehawesome How likely is it that potential employers will google my name and find my Twitter page? Tell me on a scale of 1 to Still Unemployed.
Michele
abigvictory Woman in 7-11 this morning spilled coffee, couldn't get the ATM to work, then set off her car alarm. Would laugh at her, but it was me.
Neven Mrgan
nevenmrgan Now you know, and knowing is half the battle. The other half is doing it, and that half is 90% of the battle.
Tim Siedell
badbanana After a 12 day break, you'd think I'd feel more refreshed. Then again, you'd think I would have taken more showers.
Greg Knauss
gknauss I tripped, and a sharp corner just missed the iPhone in my pocket and deeply gouged my leg. Thank God.
Jay Hathaway
strutting Click the star next to this tweet to check out a funny blog I wrote about you!
Simon Goetz
pagecrusher Attending my high school sweetheart's wedding today. My gift to the bride: not asking her parents and the groom why her dress is white.
Stephanie
CcSteff Watching my mom spin, weave, knit, sew and quilt, it becomes apparent that women have been engineers in disguise for thousands of years.
Theo Tsecouras
ttseco I'm thinking of illegally downloading Pirates of the Caribbean just for the irony.
Greg Knauss
gknauss Well, I think we can all agree that 2009 sure a disappointment so far.
mogrify
mogrify We are clinging to the surface of a giant, hot rock, which is hurtling through space around a massive ball of fire. And we are still alive.
Stephanie
CcSteff Kids are complaining that I take too long counting for hide and seek. It's because I'm eating their snack while they hide.
Ben Compton
bcompton I'm thinking about starting a blog in 2009 but I'm not sure the internet is really the place for all of my cat pictures.
Greg Knauss
gknauss Carrying bags of groceries to the car, "Ewok Celebration" came on the iPod. Had to bang my head aginst a wall until the earbuds fell out.
Andre Torrez
torrez Disaster! Post roast! Oven mitts! Smoke! Thai Food Delivery.
Tim Siedell
badbanana The world's oldest woman died today. No cause of death was listed, so I assume she lost a knife fight with the world's second oldest woman.
HotAmishChick
HotAmishChick Passing the time reading Bible. You ever read this thing? MESSED. UP.
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Ryan
secretsquirrel @HotAmishChick Spoiler alert: Jesus dies.
Jessica
Jessabelle207 Just got a call from my mother, excited about joining Facebook after seeing it on the Today show. Thanks for ruining my life, Lester Holtz!
Tappy McGee
TBMimsTheThird I think that if we could understand why sad songs made us feel better, we'd be close enough to shake hands with the meaning of life.
Geoff Barnes
texburgher Overheard last night at the Large Hadron Collider: I sure hope this 2009 doesn't end up like the last 2009 did.
Theo Tsecouras
ttseco I'm thinking of illegally downloading Pirates of the Caribbean just for the irony.

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